# Treasure Quest - Return (gold) To Sender

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**Created:** [June 4, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/treasure-quest-return-gold-to-sender/1674 "2009-06-04T23:37:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/treasure-quest-return-gold-to-sender/1674/1 "2009-06-04T23:37:34Z")

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While not as good as the train wreck known as [Whale Wars](http://gcaptain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=566), I have been, admittedly, addicted to the reality TV show [Treasure Quest](http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/treasure-quest/treasure-quest.html)… mostly after the amazing[find of the HMS Victory](http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/discovery-of-the-hms-victory-video/).

Anyway, some news for fans of the show:

> A deep sea treasure-hunting company has been ordered by a US judge to hand over half a million gold and silver coins to the government of Spain.  
> The company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, raised the haul from a shipwreck in the Atlantic, suspected to be that of a Spanish naval vessel.  
> The Spanish government argued that the treasure formed part of the country’s national heritage.  
> But Odyssey intends to appeal, saying it has a claim to the treasure.  
> This is just the latest round of a long-running and sometimes murky dispute, says the BBC’s Steve Kingstone in Madrid.  
> The haul of coins - thought to be worth some $500m (£308m) - came to light in 2007, when Odyssey announced the recovery of artefacts from a wreck in the Atlantic.  
> It kept the location of the wreck secret, in what it said was an attempt to deter looters.  
> The haul was brought ashore in Gibraltar and quickly flown to Miami - enraging the Spanish government, our correspondent says, which says the wreck is that of the Mercedes, a naval frigate destroyed by the British in 1804.

The full story is [HERE](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8083298.stm).